Stove leg and caster



(No Model.)

F. M. HUNTING.

STOVE LEG AND GASTER.

Patented June 1 N. PETERS Pholcrl-flhngraphcr. Washington 0.0

NITFED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS M. HUNTING, OF MERIDTAN, NE\V YORK.

STOVE LEG AND CASTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 343,031, dated June 1, 1886.

Application filed July 22, 1855. Serial No. 172,2Sl. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, FRANCIS M. HUNTING, of Meridian, in the county of Cayuga in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improven'ients in Caster Attachment for Stove-Legs, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention consists in a novel construction of a caster, and its connection with a stove-leg, whereby the latter may be allowed to either rest firmly 0,11 the floor, or to be raised from the floor and be carried by the roller of the caster bearing on the floor, all as hereinafter more fully described, and specifically set forth in the claims.

The invention is fully illustrated in the annexed drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of the stove-leg provided with my improvements, a portion of said leg being broken away to betterillustrate its connection with the caster. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the said stove-leg with its attachments. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section of the sleeve which surrounds the caster-spindle, and constitutes the axial bearing of said spindle on the stove-leg. Fig. 4 is aninverted plan View of the web of the stove-leg and the adjustable attaching-plates connected therewith. Fig. 5 is a horizontal transverse section on line 00 x in Fig. 1; and Fig. 6 is a detached plan view of the aforesaid adjustable attaching-plates of the leg.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. 7

L represents a stoveleg formed with the usual cavity in its rear. Across said cavity is extended a web, a, cast on saidleg. Through the said web is extended a vertical eye, 0, which is of cylindrical form and perfectly smooth internally. Around the lower end of said eye the transverse web a is formed with inclined planesb b.

d denotes the vertical spindle of the caster. The upper end of this spindle is formed with a spherical head, i, and with a neck, a, under said head. Around the aforesaid spindle is placed asleevc, c, which is divided longitudinally into two parts, and formed internally with an inward projecting collar, 1, which encircles thenecknof the spindle cl, so that when the two sleeve-sections are held firmly tosmooth, and of the same diameter as the eye c of the transverse web a, through which eye the sleeve passes, the sleeve constituting the axial bearing for the caster-spindle, and being adapted to slide vertically independently of its rotation in the eye 6. The lower end of the sleeve 0 is provided with a flange, c, and above said flange-is a collar, 1, pivoted on the sleeve. Thcupper end of this collar is formed with inclined planes 9 g, which planes are disposed reverse from the inclined planes 2) b, hereinbefore described, so that by turning the collarfthe impingement of the aforesaid in clined planes causes the. collar fto move away from the transverse web a, thereby bringing the caster-roller It to bear upon the floor, and lifting the stove-leg clear of the fioor. The collar 1 is provided in its vertical side with an aperture, 20, into which to introduce the end of a wrench or lever for turning the collar, as aforesaid.

In order to limit the rotation of the collar f, so as to prevent it from carrying the highest points of its inclined planes 9 1 past those of the inclined planes b I), I provide the side' of said collar with a stop or projection, h, which encounters a similar stop, h, on the stove-leg, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 5 of the drawings.

0 represents a pin,which slides in a vertical channel through the transverse web a at or near the highest point of one of the inclined planes I), and rests with its lower end on one of the inclined planes 9 of the collar f. In turning the said collar, so as to raise the stoveleg off the floor, the pin 12 descends by gravity as the stove-leg rises, and when the highest points of the inclined planes 9 reach those of the inclined planes 1) the pin '0 drops in front of the abrupt offset at the end of the inclined plane g, and thereby serves as a lock for preventing the reverse movement of the collar f, as represented in Fig. 1 of the draw- 2h designates the usual horizont 1 web on the upper end of the stove-leg, by which web the stove-leg is secured between the usual ribs 2 Z 011 the under side of the stove. The attach ment of the stove-leg may be made adjustable by providing the web at with a slot, 1*, and placing across the under side of said web two plates, 0 0, which are provided with slots at at right angles to the slot 0, and by a bolt, 25, passing through the slots a a and r, and provided with a nut, t, at the under side of the bottom plate, 0, said plates are clamped on the web at, the aforesaid slots allowing the plates to be shifted both laterally and longitudinally on the web. The longitudinal edges of the plates are formed with upward projecting flanges s s, by which they embrace the side edges of the aforesaid web, and are thus interposed between the web and the ribs ZZon the under side of the stove. It will thus be observed that in case the web in is too narrow for the space between the ribs Z Z, the plates 0 0 can be shifted to occupy by their flanges s s the spaces between the web and ribs, and thus securely hold the stove-leg in its position on the stove.

In order to prevent the stoveleg from being withdrawn from the ribs Z Z, I provide one of the ends of each plate 0 with a lateral projection or stop, a, by which said plate abuts against the rear end of the rib Z, as illustrated in Fig. i of the drawings.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination, with the stove-leg, of the rigid transverse web a, provided with a smooth cylindrical vertical eye,e, and inclined planes b 1) around the lower end of the said eye, a sleeve of greater length than the eye 0, loosely mounted in the same, the caster-spindle within said sleeve, and a collar loosely of the stove-leg, substantially as described and mounted 011 said sleeve, and provided with inclined planes g g on its upper side, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the stove-leg of 40 the rigid transverse web (0, provided with a smooth cylindrical vertical eye, e, and inclined planes b 6 around the lower end of said eye, a sleeve of greater length than the eye loosely mounted in the same, the caster-spin- 5 dle within said sleeve, and a collar loosely mounted on said sleeve provided with inclined planes g on its upper side, and stops it h, respectively, on the collar f and adjacent side shown.

The combination, with the stove-leg, of the rigid transverse web a, provided with a smooth cylindrical vertical eye, e, and inclined planes I) 1) around the lower end of said eye, a sleeve of greater length than the eye loosely mounted in the same,the caster-spindle within said sleeve, and a collar loosely mounted on said sleeve provided with inclined planes 9 g on its upper side, and alock between the web a and collar f for retaining the stove-leg in its raised position on the collarf, substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 10th day of July, 1885.

FRANCIS M. HUNTING. [L. s.]

\Vitnesses:

FREDERICK I-I. Gun-is, (J. BENDTXON. 

